New Zealand’s training squad for the 2011 International Mathematical Olympiad was announced in January. The final team of six to travel to Amsterdam, the Netherlands will be decided in April.
Nineteen of the 24 students selected for the 2011 NZMOC January Camp took part in Round One of the British Mathematical Olympiad in December. The following students scored 40 or more out of 60, and are listed among the top 34 overall on the BMOC site:
Congratulations to all, and a big thanks to the BMOC for allowing us to take part.
You may have noticed that we’ve been offline for a while. Well, now we’re back! And shortly I’ll post some updates on what we’ve been up to in the meantime. Until then, you might enjoy reading about Stephen Mackereth’s experience at the 2010 IMO in Kazakhstan, or tackling the first squad assignment. Enjoy!
– Chris
A big thank you to all those who submitted solutions to this year’s camp selection problems. We received over 100 submissions; they have now been marked, and we hope to begin sending out invitations to the January camp soon.
In the meantime, here are the solutions. Enjoy!
- Chris
With one IMO concluded – and so successfully for New Zealand! – it’s time to start thinking about the next.
Our first step in choosing the team to represent New Zealand at the 2011 IMO in Amsterdam is to choose 24 students to attend a week long training camp in Christchurch in January. These students will be chosen using the 2010 Camp Selection Problems (pdf, 105kb). Read more »
On Monday Ilya and I finally saw the team and May again, at the Kazanat Equestrian Sports Complex, where we were treated to a display of some traditional Kazakh games. The closing ceremony was held yesterday, and we begin our journey home today; layovers in Almaty and then Dubai mean we arrive back in New Zealand on Saturday.
Pictures follow.